Chinese-American group demands apology from Carranza after school desegregation comment

New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, left, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, in a file photo, want to open the city's specialized high schools to the top 7% of eighth-graders. (James Keivom/New York Daily News)

THEY MAY not own admission for their kids to the best city high schools, but some parents would like a piece of the chancellor.

Activists and elected officials who believe Chancellor Richard Carranza’s desegregation plan — which Mayor de Blasio supports — would shut out Asian-American kids from top city high schools are holding rallies against the plan on Friday and again Sunday at City Hall.

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And the Chinese American Citizens Alliance of Greater New York is demanding an apology from Carranza over a view he shared on Fox 5’s “Good Day New York.”

“I just don’t buy into the narrative that any one ethnic group owns admission to these schools,” Carranza said Tuesday.

Education Department spokesman Will Mantell said the Alliance misquoted Carranza in a letter asking for an apology.

“We believe the specialized high school reforms will increase access and opportunity for students across the city, and (we) look forward to working with all communities to address the unacceptable status quo,” Mantell said.